Submitted by Itbelongsinamus3um t3_11cppdj in tifu
I know I know this sounds like it belongs in r/badwomensanatomy and I would have completely thought the same until like 15 minutes ago because I didn’t know this could even happen but here I am . . . (TLDR at the bottom)
I (26f) and boyfriend ‘Henry’ (26m) have been dating for about 5 months. We have been sexually active throughout the entirety of our relationship, and he spends approximately 6 of the 7 nights a week at my place which means we do the horizontal boogie on a regular basis. I’ve also had an IUD since I was 18, well two different ones, and plan on continuing to have one until I’m ready to have kids - meaning, since my IUD has always been perfect at its job we always have unprotected sex. This also means that my periods can be unpredictable and kind of just come and go as they please. (I promise this is relevant to the TIFU!)
Anyways, about three weeks ago Henry and I were having our nightly “canoodle” when I reminded him that it was my time of the month and had to take my tampon out. Because we had been getting handsy before I reminded him, he replied “really? I didn’t feel anything” (yes we sometimes have sex on my period, sue us) and so I just thought to myself maybe I took out and forgot or just misremembered that my period had ended - no biggy! Again, my period doesn’t have like a set length so it didn’t seem abnormal for me to be certain about when it comes and goes.
So we do the dirty, I of course believing that there is in fact no tampon in there and continue with my life like I didn’t . . . And I guess that’s where the ongoing FU began because I probably should have confirmed that there was nothing in there.
Fast forward to three weeks later - this morning. I woke up, went to the bathroom, and suddenly felt like something was being pushed out of my vagina which felt very similar to that of a tampon . . and it was. My brain begins to recall why I have a tampon sticking out of my vagina: did I forget that my period started?, did I forget to take it out last night?, when was my last period? And then EVERYTHING began to make sense.
About two weeks ago Henry and I were having sex and I noticed that once I became “self lubricated” she did not smell “right,” and enough so that he even asked me if his dick smelled bad but I told him I thought it was me. The smell kind of persisted over this time period, but I thought maybe it was just a weird change in hormones or something “normal” was contributing to it. But no - it was a bundled up stick of cotton absorbing three weeks worth of my genital fluids, lube, and my boyfriend’s cum. The very mild cramps I had been experiencing, yea, probably because of the cum dump cotton stick.
Right now he’s sitting next to me and I know I should tell him that we probably don’t have to worry about the smell anymore, but I’m so embarrassed I don’t know how to.
I also don’t know what I should do right now, like I know douches aren’t healthy for you but if there was anytime someone needed to use one it would probably be me right now. I also can’t decide if I should visit my OBGYN, maybe I can just ask for a new vagina for Christmas? /s
TLDR; I’ve been having an abnormal smelling vagina for the past few weeks but I couldn’t figure out why . . . until this morning when a three week old tampon fell out that I had forgotten about.